Sudan

After years of violence and bloodshed North and South Sudan officially became distinct countries on the world map. The South contains well over 75% of the oil reserves of the once united nation. This is a cause of concern in the North since the economy virtually ran on oil. But with the civil war over it is a time of much-needed peace. There was jubilation and merrymaking in the South with the countdown to independence. Meanwhile in the North it was rather gloomy.

Sudan has faced one of the worst genocides on the face of the planet. The Northern and Southern centres of interest fought an internecine war with each other that left many casualties in its wake. With the separation of South Sudan the spate of brutalities and savagery finally has come to an end. However the North is still apprehensive about the UN Peace Keeping Troops in the region. There are further signs of trouble around the border town of Kordofan.

But now with the nation of Sudan split between North and South the battle has come to an end. Let’s hope that the peace lasts long enough for both governments to settle down.

Aerial bombardment of various areas in the southern Sudanese border town of Kordofan resulted in the untimely death of several innocent civilians. The genocide in Sudan has taken its toll. With brutal attacks from both sides there has been an appalling level of bloodshed. The African Union has tried its level best to broker a peace agreement between both factions. The Sudan Armed Forces had bombed regions of the southern non-Arab Nuba population.

Meanwhile fighting broke out between the North and South at the meeting point of the southern border town of Kordofan. More than 70,000 people have fled their homes and the SAF has continued its air strikes against the southern sector. The UN has condemned the genocide but not taken any practical steps to end it. It appears to be more of a nominal stooge of the West rather than a global peace maker.

Sudan faces civil war that seems set to rip the country apart between its northern and southern regions. The differences are along ethnic lines and refuse to go away.

The SLA (Sudanese Liberation Army) fought with the SAF (Sudanese Armed Forces) in a recent flare-up. The SLA appears to be the injured party in this skirmish. Over 27 have been killed along with 40 injured. Thousands have been displaced from their ancestral homes. The SAF affirmed the reports of fighting between the two belligerent groups but denied that it had used air force and military vehicles.

The violence has spread to the point where it is rife throughout Sudan. And as South Sudan prepares to secede from the North there are faint whisperings of another massive bloodshed. According to the UN until now at least 300,000 people have died in Darfur. The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for the Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, who is an accomplice in the bloodbath.

Sudan is another area of genocide and tragedy on the world map. The civil war that has been raging is getting nowhere and for all purposes will end up in more casualties on both sides of the divide.

The Sudanese are in the eye of the hurricane. With brutality, aggression and barbarism rife, there is little to look forward to in a country 70% of whose population consists of Muslims. North and South factions battle it out in a no-holds barred match of sheer force.

The Sudan People’s Liberation Army has fought a vicious battle with the North and from the looks of it civil war looms on the horizon. Human rights have been abused from both sides of the line. Now even aid has been reduced to a bare trickle since the violence makes the African nation a dangerous place to be.

Fifty-five Sudanese migrants hidden in a container on a truck heading into the Sinai region were found by Egyptian police, where they planned to get across the border into Israel, security sources said on Sunday.

the sources said, that the migrants, forty men, 9 women and 6 children of age as young as four, were arrested at a checkpoint near the entranceway to a tunnel under the Suez Canal separating Sinai from the rest of Egypt.

The police was told by the driver that he had smuggled them from a mountainous area in Egypt’s eastern Red Sea region after coming to a deal with a people trafficker in Sinai.

The sources said, the migrants were fatigued after 3 days on the road and the children were taken to a hospital in the city of Suez.

The route via Sinai to Israel is a usual target for African migrants fleeing poverty or conflict and seeking work or refuge in Israel.

At least thirty-four migrants have been shot dead this year trying to cross the heavily-guarded Egyptian border with Israel, up from nineteen last year.

On wednesday, Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese President pledged that there will be no return to civil war with the south as an independence vote for the region looms.

Only a week after saying that the only result he would accept from the landmark referendum scheduled in January was a vote for unity, Omar al-Bashir asserted his government was working for peace.

The official SUNA news agency quoted Bashir as saying: “There will be no return to war,” and “The government is working to keep the peace.

“The referendum result will not be the end of the world,” he added.

The January referendum on independence for the south is the centerpiece of a 2005 peace deal which caused Africa’s longest-running civil war in which approximately two million people died to end.

In Khartoum, on October 12, Omar al-Bashir had told MPs: “Despite our commitment to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, we will not accept an alternative to unity”.

Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein, the Defence Minister hinted tuesday that the referendum could be delayed in the face of never-ceasing haggling between southern and northern leaders about the demarcation line between the two regions.

Southern leaders have warned that if there is any major delay by the Khartoum government in organizing the referendum, they will plough ahead and hold a vote of their own.